Regionally Recognized Protection Orders: “The Present and The Potential!”

2. Regionally Recognized Protection Orders:“The Present and The Potential!” Denise O. Dancy Court Research Associate Presentation to CIDVC Meeting – November 2004

3. National Issues: Interstate Enforcement of Protection Orders Full Faith and Credit Provision Act of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act Every temporary or final injunction, protective order, or restraining order properly issued by a State or tribal court must be given full faith and credit by the court of another State or tribe and enforced as if it were the order of the enforcing State or tribe.

4. Local Implementation Issues • Resistance to change • Perceived lack of need • Heightened responsibility • Lack of awareness of Federal/State laws • Adequacy of local resources • Requires consistency in data entry

5. HIGH LOW Challenges to Statewide Registries Current Technology Capacity Consistent Data Entry Compliance

6. Kentucky-initiated with 7 surrounding states and D.C. Regional Efforts:Beginnings“Project Passport” • Objective: To improve recognition and enforcement of orders of protection within and between states/tribes by encouraging states to adopt a recognizable first page for orders of protection • Creation of Model Template for first page

7. Model Template of First Page

8. Why a “Model Template?” • Commonly agreed upon data elements • Recognized across jurisdictions • Identifies Federal gun law prohibitions • Facilitates enforcement in the field • Product of multi-disciplinary consensus • Flexible to state statutory requirements

9. NC SC AR MS AL GA LA FL Southeastern Regional Expansion • Alabama-led with 7 participating states Project Passport • Based on KY-initiated Model Template • First Tribal PO from Model Template

10. Oct. 2004 Feb. 2005 Extending Project Passport • 2 Western regional meetings • = 1/3 of country (16 states, 3 territories and tribes) • XML-based form based on Model Template

11. Westward Bound Westward Bound: Extending Project Passport

12. Court B Court A BUT, Wait a Minute!Just What Is… • … XML? eXtensible Markup Language – a technical language that creates specific vocabulary for sharing info • …GJXDD? Global Justice XML Data Dictionary – XML-based common vocabulary for exchanging information between justice information systems

13. And, what’s so Great about an XML-based Form? • Creates consistency in language and appearance • Overcomes software and hardware compatibility issues • Can validate data at entry • Simultaneous entry of data into case management system, state PO registries, and NCIC PO File • Complies to Internet mandated coding for presentation of information

14. Electronic version of Model Template Protection order = one priority for courts + Extending Project Passport Justice Information Sharing Grant Project Potential for a “Perfect Union” • Data elements matched to NCIC and many state registries • Data elements informed by Passport element research • XML-based data transmission • Test use of GJXDD for courts

15. 1. Over 2/3 of the country being introduced to the use of recognizable regionally-accepted first page paper form based on the Model Template. 2. A “living, interactive” electronic document that can satisfy data requirements, cross geographic and electronic jurisdictional boundaries, overcome communication barriers, deliver data in real time, facilitate enforcement and save lives. The Next Generation…

16. For More Information… • Denise Dancy (Extending Project Passport) • ddancy@ncsc.dni.us • 757-259-1593 • Web-based Resources • http://www.ncsconline.org • Family Violence Forum (newsletter) • Subscription available online at website